Food Shortages
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Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef
Janet Larsen and J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the…
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Corporate Carve-Up
Under the pretext of preventing hunger, the rich nations are engineering a new scramble for Africa. by George Monbiot One…
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Living Soil Saves Lives!
A non-profit teaches a soil education program to combat the farmer suicide epidemic in rural India. By Tejal Heblekar, and…
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Genetically Modified Crops and Hunger – Another Look at the Evidence
Genetically modified crops are hailed by their proponents as the basis for a “new green revolution”, and as the key…
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Wealth Inequality in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6yAIj5F6JA Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of…
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Forests Keep Drylands Working (John D. Liu video)
John D. Liu of the EEMP, who has partnered with us in spreading the permaculture message, has created yet another…
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity – Chapter 1, Food: The Weak Link
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one…
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New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one…
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Overfishing Threatens Critical Link in the Food Chain
by J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked,…
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Betting on Extinction
Ladbroke’s is offering odds on fish populations collapsing; the government is shortening them. by George Monbiot I’ve come across some…
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How Tight is the Link Between Oil, Food and Population?
The linkage is this tight: In this graph "grain" is the world’s annual production of rice, wheat and corn, "oil"…
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Prepared for Disaster
Editor’s Note: The PRI Sunshine Coast starts their next Internship on February 11, 2013. Get in quick! After being flooded…
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